Holder for scissors



(No Modei.)

A. D., POLSGROVE.

HOLDER FOB SGISSORS.

No. 566,277. Patented Aug. 18, 1896.

NORRIS Pawns co, wo'rouwu. WASHINGTON. u c.

UNITED STATES TATENT OFFICE.

AMELIA D. POLSGROVE, OF HUN TINGDON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDER FDR SCISSORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,277, dated August18, 1896. Application filed November 11, 1895. Serial No. 568,601. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AMELIA D. POLSGRO'VE, of Huntingdon, in the countyof I-Iuntingdon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Holders for Scissors, of which the following is aspecificaiion.

This invention relates to devices for holding scissors, and is designedfor the use of store-clerks, seamstresses, barbers, nurses, and otherswho frequently employ scissors or shears.

It consists of a holding-plate provided on its rear face with a pin forsecuring it to the clothing, and on the front face with a band toreceive the shears.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and to the lettersmarked thereon, forming a part of this specification, the same lettersindicating the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever theyoccur.

Of the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedscissors-holder, the scissors being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 isa top plan View showing the rear face of the holder.

In carrying out my invention I employ a supporting-plate at, having itsends bent under or formed as beads 12 b, which are adapted to restagainst the clothing and hold the plate a small distance therefrom. Uponthe front face of the supporting-plate Isecure a band, hoop, or collar0, which is elliptical in shape and of a size to receive the scissorsand support them, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The holder proper or band 0is secured to the supporting plate byarivet; but I have contemplatedsecuring it in other Ways as well. Upon the rear face of thesupporting-plate I secure by soldering or otherwise a pin d, which isbent into a spring at f. The free end of the pin may be passed throughthe clothing and then caught in the hook e, which is formed by the otherend. A scissors-holder formed in this way is highly efficient andserviceable for the purposes for which it is intended. The scissors areplaced loosely in the holder and are supported therein in such way thatthey may be easily withdrawn for use when wanted.

The plate fits closely against the clothing, since the ends are bentunder or beaded, and thepin or other fastening device is secured to therear of the plate in such way as to lie practically within the planes ofthe body of the plate and the bent-under ends thereof. That is to say,the ends of the plate are bent under to such a distance that when thepin is fastened in the clothing the plate will be held firmly againstmovement.

I have contemplated constructing my scissors-holder in other ways, as ofwire, and therefore do not limit myself to the exact shape shown anddescribed.

Having-thus explained the nature of the invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use,it is declared that what is claimed is 1. A scissors-holder consistingof asupporting-plate having upon its front face a loop or ban d toreceive the scissors,and a pin attached to the rear face of thesupporting-plate, the ends of the said plate being bent rearwardly andinwardly to form beads, 19, by which the body of the plate is held awayfrom the material to which it is attached, substantially as set forth.

2. A scissors-holder consisting of a supporting-plate having upon oneface aloop or band, 0, to receive the scissors and having its ends bentrearwardly and inwardly to form two beads, b, and a pin attached to thesupporting-plate between and lying in the planes of said beads,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, this 1st day of November, A. D.1895.

AMELIA D. POLSGROVE.

Vitnesses:

WM. P. ORBISON, R. A. ORBISON.

